List of Most Expensive Rugs Sold
1. $4.45 million - Christie’s in New York reported sold for auction a silk Persian rug, dating from the 16th or 17th century. It has sold for a record $4.45 million at auction, (about $729.87 per square inch!) Making it the most expensive rug.
The rug measures 7 feet, 7 inches by 5 feet, 7 inches, had been purchased by the late tobacco heiress Doris Duke in 1990. She left it to the foundation when she died.
Elisabeth Parker, head of Christie’s rugs and carpets department, says there are only two other known rugs like it.
2. $2.4 million - Sheik al-Thani bought a 16th-century Tabriz medallion carpet for $2.4 million, far above its $410,000 high estimate.
3. $2,023,000 - Measures 27 feet 4 inches by 11 feet 3 inches ($6,608.21 per square foot)
4. $341,625. - Measuring 6′1″ x 5′4″, the current world record for a Caucasian Oriental rug (Chelaberd Kazak) was sold by Freeman’s Auctioneers in PA at a hammer price of $341,625($10,534.23 per square foot)
Resources:
http://www.rugrag.com/post/Highest-Price-Paid-for-a-Caucasian-Rug.aspx
http://www.spongobongo.com/Oriental_Rugs/Persian_Rugs/Tabriz_Rugs/Tabriz_Medallion_Carpet_16th_C_Ex_von_Rothschild.htm
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